Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video
Creator's tip (Beginning, middle, end): Beginning: the hook, the character and the place. Middle: the problem, the tries, the tension. End: the answer and the message. Show, don’t tell; one clear idea for a short video; plan → film → edit → share.
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- 1.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) credits (c) cutaways (d) titles
- 2.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “introduce the character”? (a) solve the problem (b) introduce the character
- 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a second try fails (c) the problem is solved (d) an obstacle appears
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) storyboard your shots (c) write a short script (d) edit the clips
- 7.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the credits roll (d) tension builds up
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) hook the viewer (c) introduce the character (d) build up the action
- 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “show the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) a second try fails (c) tension builds up (d) meet the main character
- 12.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots (c) share it safely (d) choose your idea
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 14.True or false: “a final message” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a final message (b) a second try fails (c) meet the main character (d) the credits roll
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) show where we are (c) set up the goal (d) meet the main character
- 17.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “build up the action”? (a) build up the action (b) reach the big moment
- 18.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “reach the big moment”? (a) reach the big moment (b) solve the problem
- 19.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) every idea (b) no idea (c) ten ideas (d) one clear idea
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a second try fails (c) how things turned out (d) an obstacle appears
- 21.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “solve the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) solve the problem
- 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) solve the problem (b) wrap up the story (c) reach the big moment (d) show the problem
- 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 24.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “film the shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) film the shots
- 26.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 27.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “share it safely”? (a) film the shots (b) share it safely
- 28.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “introduce the character”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character
- 30.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) how things turned out (b) a final message (c) meet the main character (d) tension builds up
- 31.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a final message (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem gets worse (d) set up the goal
- 33.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the problem gets worse (d) show where we are
- 34.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 36.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely (c) write a short script (d) edit the clips
- 37.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) a second try fails (d) set up the goal
- 39.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a second try fails (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the problem is solved (d) a final message
- 40.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment (c) solve the problem (d) show the problem
Answer key
- cutaways
- introduce the character
- beginning
- storyboard your shots
- the problem is solved
- edit the clips
- True
- a hook in 5 seconds
- hook the viewer
- hook the viewer
- meet the main character
- share it safely
- end
- False
- meet the main character
- tension builds up
- build up the action
- reach the big moment
- one clear idea
- how things turned out
- hook the viewer
- show the problem
- beginning
- True
- film the shots
- end
- film the shots
- False
- introduce the character
- tension builds up
- False
- set up the goal
- the problem gets worse
- middle
- middle
- write a short script
- beginning
- a second try fails
- a second try fails
- reach the big moment
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